It was not until lunchtime that Janet realized that something odd was afoot at the office. She had
overheard a few of the senior designers talking about her in hushed tones at the canteen.
She couldn’t, however, clearly make out what they seemed to be gossiping about.
Just then, Gerda suddenly flung open the glass doors and burst into the design department. She
rushed to Janet, struggling to catch her breath all the while. She placed her hands on Janet’s table for
support and said in less than a whisper, “I heard that you was rude to Ronald Williams when you had
dinner with him last night? And you even went on to physically strike him? It turns out that you are
extremely hot-tempered, like a raging bull. I didn’t expect that from you in the least bit!”
Janet was more confused than ever when she heard this. “What on earth are you talking about? How
could I ever hit someone?”
Gerda smacked her lips and pulled Janet up to her feet. “Forget it. I don’t think I can explain properly
for you to understand the gravity of the situation. Come with me and see what’s going on with your own
eyes!”
After saying that, she pulled Janet towards the stairway in the office. Then she whispered in Janet’s
ear, “I overheard them talking about you just moments ago.”
Janet carefully peered down the stairwell only to be met by the sight of several senior designers, the
very same ones who she’d seen at the canteen.
They were complaining in a wholly unimpressed tone and clearly apportioning full blame.
“Oh, my God! How can she ever be so selfish? Now she offended the client and the result is that the
project was canceled. Everyone’s bonus is in jeopardy and it is all her doing!”
“She probably did that because the man is not handsome or rich enough for her, so she doesn’t want to
sleep with him. After all, she is the kind of woman who sleeps with others for benefits she can get from
them.” It was not until lunchtime that Janet realized that something odd was afoot at the office. She had
overheard a few of the senior designers talking about her in hushed tones at the canteen.
Janet was utterly dumbstruck for a moment. “Wasn’t Patty the one who offended Ronald? Why are they
saying it was me?”
Gerda seemed to have discovered a big secret. Her jaw dropped to the floor with surprise at this new
information. “What did you just say? So it wasn’t you that insulted the client, but Patty?”
Janet managed to keep her wits about her. She patted Gerda on the shoulder and said, “Thank you for
this. I don’t know what happened that it has come to this confusion. I have to talk to Tiffany about this
immediately.”
*******
Tiffany was occupied in her office. When she saw Janet come in, she sighed heavily and said
earnestly, “Patty has told me everything. She said that you were harassed by Ronald and you hit him in
response. It’s not all your fault, so she didn’t put the blame squarely on you. She thought that you might
feel embarrassed to talk about it, so she told me in private, first thing this morning.”
After a pause, Tiffany continued, “Lind, I know you just graduated and you lack social experience, but
regardless of everything, Ronald is still a major client of ours. Even if you encounter such a situation,
you should deal with it in a more sophisticated, diplomatic manner. If every designer in the company
took the same stance as you, and hit our clients whenever they feel offended, how can we run the
company?”
Janet was so livid that her voice trembled with the inner rage. She tried her best to keep her anger
under control, and said, “Miss Fisher, this matter has nothing to do with me. The person who offended
Ronald is Patty!”
She had never thought that Patty was so devious, conniving and downright despicable. Last night,
Patty defended herself so fiercely when Ronald had harassed her. But now she didn’t want to take the
responsibility for what she had done, and she even put the blame on Janet instead.
Jonet wos utterly dumbstruck for o moment. “Wosn’t Potty the one who offended Ronold? Why ore they
soying it wos me?”
Gerdo seemed to hove discovered o big secret. Her jow dropped to the floor with surprise ot this new
informotion. “Whot did you just soy? So it wosn’t you thot insulted the client, but Potty?”
Jonet monoged to keep her wits obout her. She potted Gerdo on the shoulder ond soid, “Thonk you for
this. I don’t know whot hoppened thot it hos come to this confusion. I hove to tolk to Tiffony obout this
immediotely.”
*******
Tiffony wos occupied in her office. When she sow Jonet come in, she sighed heovily ond soid
eornestly, “Potty hos told me everything. She soid thot you were horossed by Ronold ond you hit him in
response. It’s not oll your foult, so she didn’t put the blome squorely on you. She thought thot you might
feel emborrossed to tolk obout it, so she told me in privote, first thing this morning.”
After o pouse, Tiffony continued, “Lind, I know you just groduoted ond you lock sociol experience, but
regordless of everything, Ronold is still o mojor client of ours. Even if you encounter such o situotion,
you should deol with it in o more sophisticoted, diplomotic monner. If every designer in the compony
took the some stonce os you, ond hit our clients whenever they feel offended, how con we run the
compony?”
Jonet wos so livid thot her voice trembled with the inner roge. She tried her best to keep her onger
under control, ond soid, “Miss Fisher, this motter hos nothing to do with me. The person who offended
Ronold is Potty!”
She hod never thought thot Potty wos so devious, conniving ond downright despicoble. Lost night,
Potty defended herself so fiercely when Ronold hod horossed her. But now she didn’t wont to toke the
responsibility for whot she hod done, ond she even put the blome on Jonet insteod.
When Tiffany saw how righteous Janet was being about her version of events, she no longer knew who
to believe. With a frown, she said, “I’ll ask Patty to come here right now. You can confront her, face to
face.”
When Patty came to the office, she pretended to be very surprised. “What’s the matter?”
Tiffany gave Patty and Janet a meaningful look before she opened her mouth. “Is there any
misunderstanding between you two about what transpired last night? Patty, you should keep in mind
what you informed me of just this morning. But just now, Janet told me that she wasn’t the one who hit
Ronald. She said it was you who had conflict with Ronald and you put the blame on her intentionally.”
There was no flaw in Patty’s expression at all. She covered her mouth with her hands, and her eyes
were wide with astonishment and mock innocence. After a few seconds, she asked in disbelief, “Janet,
how can you ever try to put the blame on me for your actions? Miss Fisher, I didn’t lie to you. It was
Janet who hit Ronald. Perhaps it was because she had been harassed by Ike before, so she
overreacted when she encountered the same situation again.”
Filled with fiery fury, Janet retorted, “What happened last night was that Ronald touched you, and then
you shattered the glass on his head!”
With an innocent look on her face, Patty said, “I didn’t hit him. It’s your fault. I tried to persuade you to
keep calm during the meal, but you didn’t listen to me and called me a coward. I knew you were in a
bad mood, so I didn’t take it to heart. But how can you lie when the truth is simple and in black and
white?!”
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